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  1. Re:winter? summer? on Signs of Dark Matter From Minnesota Mine · · Score: 1

    And the experiment should be duplicated there.

  2. Re:Observer effect - did it mention this? on NASA Gravity Probe Confirms Two Einstein Predictions · · Score: 1

    In contrast, gravity is normally only noticeable with objects best measured in yottagrams

    1.61lb is considerably less than a yottagram. Cavendish Experiment

  3. Re:Way to survive the "Big Crunch"? on Did Some Black Holes Survive the Big Bang? · · Score: 1

    > That's simple, we never actually observer the black hole or it's event horizon.

    That's not what I said. Let me try again. In order for a black hole to grow matter must cross the event horizon. However, it takes forever for matter to cross the horizon so all black holes must infinitesmally small (though some might be surrounded by millions of suns worth of matter that has almost crossed the horizon).

  4. Re:Any physists here? I think I have some question on Did Some Black Holes Survive the Big Bang? · · Score: 1

    A version of the atomic fountain technique should work for samples of a few thousand anti-hydrogen atoms. Cool them in the center of your chamber, release them, and watch for the burst of gamma rays as they hit the bottom of the chamber (or the top if matter and antimatter repel).

    If you can't cool them that much send a low-energy beam of them down a long horizontal tube and measure the droop.

  5. Re:um.... on Multiplatform Java Botnet Spotted In the Wild · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...but uses source code and libraries that can operate on other platforms,

    Read that again. Source code.

    Also from the article:

    The original propagation vector of IncognitoRAT is a Windows executable, but apparently it was created using the tool JarToExe, which includes, among other features, the ability to convert .jar files into .exe files,...

    In other words, it may be source compatible with Linux but there is no Linux binary in the wild. The jar files might run on Linux but the key component needed to download and install it is a Windows binary.

  6. Re:um.... on Multiplatform Java Botnet Spotted In the Wild · · Score: 1, Funny

    Read the article.

  7. "...why don't they just use apt-get?" on Apple To Distribute OS X Lion via the Mac App Store · · Score: 1

    Because apt is GPL.

  8. Re:as noted, this is pretty funny on Oracle Subpoenas Apache Foundation In Google Suit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The court wants to see the documents as delivered by Apache, not copies that Oracle's lawyers claim to have found on some Web site. Oracle also wants to see private communications between Apache and IBM. This is all very routine and reasonable in the circumstance. Apache will be compensated for their expenses and they can ask the judge to seal anything that they don't want in the public record.

  9. Re:Way to survive the "Big Crunch"? on Did Some Black Holes Survive the Big Bang? · · Score: 1

    Therefore, as you fall into a black hole, you will actually reach the event horizon in a finite amount of time (by your own watch), but a stationary observer from Earth watching you, will see everything slow down exponentially as you get closer to the event horizon. It slows down so much that they never actually see you hit the event horizon--it takes an infinite amount of Earth time for something to hit the event horizon.

    Which leads to the question "How can a black hole ever be observed to come into existence?"

  10. I prefer needing to ignore the loonies... on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 2

    ...to having Walter Cronkite feed me the official truth. The loonies were always there and were not convinced by the media consensus: they just had no way to get their message out. Unfortunately, the same applied to some not-so-loonies.

  11. Re:I don't get this on AF 447 Flight Recorder Found In the Atlantic · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you're close enough to see a flashing LED you're close enough to see the wreckage. The ping is audible (with the right equipment) through thousands of feet of muddy water. Sound travels farther than light in the ocean.

  12. Re:Amazing on AF 447 Flight Recorder Found In the Atlantic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think it's worth mentioning that the French found it.

    With more than a little of help from the Americans at WHOI .

  13. Mounds and piles. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You File Paper Documents At Home? · · Score: 1

    They fall over when they get more than about 2' high, though.
    Also, the parrot chews on them.

  14. Re:Buy more ram on Ask Slashdot: Best Small-Footprint Modern Browser? · · Score: 1

    As we don't know what it is that he is doing we don't know that the machine he has is not adequate for it.

  15. Metered service, finally. on On Monday, AT&T Customers Enter Era of Broadband Caps · · Score: 1

    Good.

  16. Re:North America like Europe ? on ARIN Implements DNSSEC · · Score: 1

    So North America is *weeks* behind Europe? WEEKS!!??!?! That is soooo shameful.

  17. Re:Maybe we should get some software support? on ARIN Implements DNSSEC · · Score: 3, Informative

    No browser I am aware of can tell you if the security status based on DNSSEC.

    There is a plugin for Firefox.

  18. Re:Really? on White iPhone 4 Coming Today · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Can't you guys just buy a can of white spray paint?

  19. Re:Freedom on The Great Firewall of Europe · · Score: 2

    > Hasn't anyone learned anything from the great firewall of
    > China?

    Yes. Governments have learned that it works. Censorship need not be perfect to be effective.

  20. Re:Why does everything have to be monetized? on Markets For IPv4 Addresses Emerging · · Score: 1

    ISPs that convert to 100% Dual-Stack Lite will be able to sell off most of their IPv4 addresses (though if they are among the last to convert they won't get much if anything for them).

    Allowing addresses to be freely transferred (as freely as they can be within the constraints of routing, which isn't very) will permit the remaining addresses to be efficiently used. Far from encouraging hoarding, permitting them to be sold will encourage companies to transfer unneeded ones to someone who will use them.

    If IPv4 addresses become a significant expense ISPs will be motivated to minimize their need for them. DS Lite is the best way to do that.

  21. Re:routes on Markets For IPv4 Addresses Emerging · · Score: 1

    Only very large blocks will be traded. This won't have much effect on either the routing tables or the shortage.

  22. It's entertainment. on Why People Should Stop Being Duped By the 3D Scam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's entirely subjective. If people believe that they are getting a "superior experience" then they are. If you like it watch it. If you don't like it don't watch it. If many people like it there will be more of it. If not, then not.

  23. Re:These scientists.... on CERN, LHC Sets New Luminosity World Record · · Score: 1

    > WRT the Higgs, it hasn't been detected yet either.

    As I understand it, ruling out the Higgs would be new physics.

  24. Re:What do you expect on IPv6 Traffic Remains Minuscule · · Score: 1

    Here is a toot from the US Federal Government train.

  25. Re:home routers on IPv6 Traffic Remains Minuscule · · Score: 1

    No need for such gyrations. If they think they can make more money by raising prices they can just raise their prices.